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Does a verbal agreement between two movie executives that no one can prove was actually made count for nothing anymore? On Friday, the Weinstein Company's case against Lionsgate — which alleges that TWC, in January, acquired the distribution rights for Oprah-endrosed Oscar contender Precious from Cinetic Media before Lionsgate bought it for a higher price — was dealt a critical blow when a Manhattan federal district judge dismissed it because, she ruled, the Weinsteins never had a written contract to distribute the movie. The L.A. Times today has the details on the increasingly agitated e-mails sent between TWC's international distribution president David Glasser and Cinetic execs John Sloss and Bart Walker, which suggest Harvey Weinstein thought a deal had been made and was seeking e-mailed confirmation, but never got it ("Contrary to your assertion, there has been no agreement reached," replies Walker at one point). Boy, we sure hope Nine is good.